A non-refundable tender fee of R100.00 is applicable per tender document.

1. Payment is to be made to:

Account Name: Transnet Freight Rail.

Account: Standard Bank.

Account Number: 203158598.

Branch code: 004805.

2. The deposit slip must reflect the RFQ number and the Company Name.

3. Receipt/s to be submitted when collecting the RFQ document.

4. For collection, RFQ documents will only be available from Thursday, 12 September 2019 and must be collected before 15H00 on Friday, 13 September 2019. (N.B no tender will be issued after this deadline

5. If Bidders intend to download the RFQ from the National Treasury eTender Publication Portal at www.etenders.gov.za, free of charge they are required to send their contact details to the following address: [email protected] or [email protected] by Friday, 13 September 2019 at 15:00. This is to ensure that any required communication (e.g. addenda to the RFQ) in relation to this RFQ reaches those intending to respond.

Transnet will not be held liable if Bidders do not respond by this date and do not receive the latest information regarding this Bid as a result thereof.

Additional Special Conditions

In terms of paragraph 3 of the NATIONAL TREASURY SCM INSTRUCTION NO 4 OF 2016/2017, which became effective on 1 May 2016,

Transnet must ensure that:

Suppliers of Transnet are registered on the Central Supplier Database [CSD] before any procurement related activities commences;

The CSD can be used as the single list of prospective suppliers for Transnet

Furthermore, according to paragraph 5.6

Transnet may only award bids to suppliers after verifying that the supplier is registered as prospective suppliers on the National Treasury Central Supplier Database.

Transnet will not be held liable if Bidders do not respond by this date and do not receive the latest information regarding this Bid as a result thereof.

PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO BBBEE COMPANIES IN TERMS OF TRANSNET’S BBBEE POLICY.